Polyglot Dictionary

patrón

/paˈtɾon/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
patrones

Meaning

  1. boss; pattern

    • El patrón pagó a todos.

      The boss paid everyone.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

capataz

Patrón is the broader word for a boss or employer in general. Capataz is specifically a foreman — someone who supervises workers on a job site or farm.

Similar in other languages

English

foreman

patrón se relaciona con foreman, en el sentido de jefe; nota que patrón también significa "patrón, modelo" (pattern), un sentido distinto.

Practice

1 What does patrón mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ pagó a todos.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches patrón?

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